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January 29, 2024 Fortify Children’s Health Earns URAC Accreditation in Clinical Integration

By achieving this status, Fortify Children’s Health has demonstrated its commitment to quality care, enhanced processes, patient safety and improved outcomes.

October 18, 2023 Leading Child Health Researcher to Chair UVA Department of Public Health Sciences

The University of Virginia School of Medicine has named Matthew J. Gurka, PhD, a national leader in child health research, to chair its Department of Public Health Sciences.

August 10, 2023 Leading Researcher, Patient-Care Provider to Chair UVA Department of Pediatrics

Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, comes to UVA from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

July 27, 2023 UVA Health’s Quality Care for Patients with Injured Hearts, Lungs Earns International Award

For providing lifesaving care to patients with seriously injured hearts and lungs, the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) has awarded UVA Health the Platinum Level Center of Excellence Award, the international group’s highest honor.

June 21, 2023 U.S. News & World Report Ranks UVA Health Children’s No. 1 Children’s Hospital in Virginia 

For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named UVA Health Children’s, part of UVA Health, the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia.

May 30, 2023 Newsweek Honors UVA Medical Center Among Nation’s Best Maternity Hospitals

Newsweek has again named University of Virginia Medical Center to its list of America’s Top Maternity Hospitals for its high-quality care of newborns and mothers.

April 20, 2023 COVID-19 Pandemic Saw Major Increase in Children and Adolescents Attempting Suicide by Poison, Study Finds

The rate of suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children and adolescents ages 10-19 reported to U.S. poison centers increased 30% during 2021 – the COVID-19 pandemic’s first full year – compared with 2019, a new UVA Health study found.

April 19, 2023 UVA-Developed Artificial Pancreas Benefits Both Kids and Adults with Diabetes, New Analysis Finds

An artificial pancreas developed at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology improves blood sugar control for people ages 2 to 72 with type 1 diabetes, according to a new combined analysis of three clinical trials.

March 31, 2023 UVA Children’s, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Partner to Expand Pediatric Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Health Care

To meet the growing need for pediatric neurodevelopmental and behavioral health care in Central Virginia, UVA Children's and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital are partnering to create a new outpatient clinic in Albemarle County.

March 16, 2023 Artificial Pancreas Developed at UVA Improves Blood Sugar Control for Kids Ages 2-6, Study Finds

Details of the clinical study and its findings were just published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.